Sunday, 3 March 2013

Storytelling Sunday | My Precious

The first Sunday of the month means that it's time for a story or two over at Sian's place. This is her third year of hosting Storytelling Sunday and the general theme this year is Pick Your Precious.
Meet Chinese Doll.

That's the name she has gone by for over forty years.
I acquired her when we lived in Hong Kong in the early 1970s.
She used to have shoes and a baby, which attached to her back with a sling. The shoes, baby's outfit and sling were all made from the same fabric as her clothes.
The shoes were lost over the years.
The baby and sling were stolen.
I'd taken her into school for some sort of Show and Tell and forgot to take her home.
When I lifted the desk lid the next morning, she was still there but the baby and sling were gone.
I'm pretty sure that I would have cried.
I never saw them again.

She has lived with me all these years and since that day has never been allowed to leave whatever home I am living in at the time. Her age is starting to show and she has, in the last couple of years, acquired an injury to her foot.

The Boy Child chewed it.
Did you know that toddlers/children with Autism chew on things far longer than their non-Autistic peers? No, neither did I then, but I do now.
Her current home is now on top of a shelf in my office, well out of the reach of The Boy Child.

Why not pop over to Sian's and see what other sort of precious items are being shared today?

26 comments:

She looks very special indeed Ruth - what a shame about the baby and the sling being stolen. Actually, I was thinking that there seem to be a few other precious items near Chinese Doll - for another day I suppose?

She is absolutely beautiful! It's such a shame that someone couldn't resist helping themselves..I'm hoping that baby has been well looked after. She reminds me of an old Sunday School Prize book we have here, which tells the story of a little Chinese girl with bound feet..yes, it's an old one!

It's so good to see you joining in with your lovely "precious" this month Ruth. Thank you

What a beautiful doll! I can't believe someone took the baby and the sling. I remember my brother chewed a hole in the arm of one of my dolls when he was young. I was furious---and I imagine my mother was not too pleased either!

She is a rather precious doll. I love the old Chinese cloth dolls. They have such character. Such a shame she lost her baby but she is probably glad to have yours in her life. I have a friend who has two autistic children who are chewers. As you say, it's a strange anomalous.

What a beautiful precious. I can imagine how upset you were when you opened your desk. I had a "Giggles" doll that I cherished. She had gloriously silky hair. A young cousin spilled milk on her and for whatever reason it made the hair frizz up and get very coarse. Almost 45 years later, I still haven't gotten over it lol

What a beautiful doll, so sad that someone stole her baby. I didnt know that about autistic children but looking back Penny definitely chewed things and put unsuitable things into her mouth much later than her peers.

I love her story, so nicely told, and so sad she lost her little one :(. Tears would have been quite in order. The delicacy of her features and the fabric still shows through - despite the misfortunes of time and Little Ones, she has been clearly loved and cared for.